Mazel' or 'Mazal' means 'Luck'. The modern Hebrew word for Luck is Mazal and is pronounced with an 'a'. The Yiddish word for Luck is Mazel and pronounced with an 'e'. Depending upon where you originate from will depend on how you pronounce and subsequently say or write the word, it is as simple as that.
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